Christian Ethics – Just Keep Swimming

Without a Country. Why isn’t this obvious?

In 1973, Cliff Robertson starred in an ABC Movie of the Week production of Edward Everett Hale’s story, “The Man Without a Country.” In it, an American… Read more “Without a Country. Why isn’t this obvious?”

I ran across this paper I wrote for a Religious Liberty class at McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University. I didn’t think it was half bad, so… Read more “Religious Liberty in the U.S. and cat pictures”

As part of my UCC Sacred Conversations to End Racism (SC2ER) class, I collected these resources from online sources. Although I blatantly lifted them, I have cited… Read more “World’s Greatest Anti-Racism, Restorative Justice Resource List”

I call this last post The Promise Forgiveness & Reconciliation because I want to end on a hopeful note. The Mystery of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 1 The… Read more “The Promise of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 3”

I have heard horror stories of people in abusive relationships who have sought spiritual advise from their church leaders, only to be told that they should forgive… Read more “The Limits of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 2”

Growing up, when I thought about forgiveness–which is ever present in a practicing Fundamentalist Christian’s life–I thought first about God so loving the world that he sent… Read more “The Mystery of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 1”

Today is June 19th, Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when news of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier finally reached enslaved persons in Texas.… Read more “Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering”

Like all GoT fans, Sarah and I had been awaiting Season 8 for two years. For the last month, we’ve been organizing our weeks around Sunday nights… Read more “A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida”

It should come as no surprise that they’re coming for Pete Buttigieg. He’s smart, frank, funny, personable, courageous~~everything in a politician that would constitute a threat to… Read more “Inflaming the Christian Right: Franklin Graham, Pete Buttigieg, and Changing Our Mind”

Update: CBS News confirmed that an Islamist extremist group claims responsibility as retaliation for the NZ Christchurch bombing. Seems ISIS and the locals are vying for top… Read more “Remembering Sri Lanka on Earth Day 2019: A Lament Psalm”